The world is in the midst of an international effort to raise awareness of the problem of elephant poaching and its dramatic impact on the survival of the species, said documentarian Marie Wilkinson during a recent phone interview, but she said there’s still a lot more to be done.
“Governments are starting to take responsibility,” said Wilkinson, who has co-authored multiple books, produced award-winning photography, and is now finishing a documentary called “Walking Thunder” with her husband Cyril Christo. “While the problem hasn’t gone away, there are a lot of people working on it.”
Right now, members of the UN’s CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) are meeting from September 24 to October 5 to discuss changes to the restricted trade of elephant ivory.
